The Energon Pub

After a somewhat mild convention, the Twincast / Podcast is here to go wild with hot takes on all the latest reveals from this year's SDCC. Endure the heat while Scotty P and Megatronus talk at you about Legacy, Earthspark, marketing, and even why Alpha Trion didn't go to Earth with the other Autobots on the Ark. It's a jam packed episode so hunker down in an igloo and prepare to stay awhile.

Episode #305 “SDCC 2022” is available directly and in our RSS Feed, and should appear on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio and many other Podcatcher sites within 24 to 48 hours of when you see this news post.

Here's what we discuss in this episode:

• SDCC Legacy toy reveals, including the controversial Beast Wars Dragon Megatron
  
  
• We check out the Earthspark toys and opine on its voice cast
  
  
• Selected thoughts about the various Hasbro Q&A answers from the convention floor
• Victory Saber gets a box
• Rock bubbles or smooth bubbles? Logic is dead, keep enjoying the MP numbering scheme too while you're at it
  
  
• We tackle WilliamJames88's listener question about character recycling in the current toylines
• D-Maximal_Primal provides a listener question prompt where we create imaginary, never-gonna-happen Legacy toy waves
  
  
• Bragging Rights take us out of San Diego for another year, even though we were never there to begin with

So many thoughts on this episode.

I am very glad you touched on the "g1-ification" aspect. Especially with regards to Animated. I think that whole approach is wrong, especially with the universe designations. Like Bulkhead, that is not Prime Bulkhead, that is a generations Bulkhead.

I hope they scale that back. It just ruins the Prime figures, and I am afraid of what it will do for the Animated figures, given how distinct their designs are.

Studio Series is already full enough, stop trying to throw everything else into it! Just let the live action bots get their updates finished and let's let it rest. We don't need a 2nd Legacy line, because that is essentially what that line is turning into.

So I liked a lot of Scotty’s ideas for his Legacy Wave. I thought I’d give it a go.

Core:
Kup(Because I want a little Kup)
Stakeout(Victory colors)
Flanker(little dude that came with Swerve)

Deluxe:
Transmetal Tarantulas
Nautica
Chase(Rescue Bots)
IDW Swerve

Voyager:
Alpha Bravo(with upscaled head from CW. Why mess with perfection?)
IDW Rodimus

Leader:
Octane(Let’s finish them out in Leader)

Commander:
Dai Atlas

Titan:
Rocket Base w/Galaxy Shuttle

Gen Selects
Rescue Bots Blades(recolor tool of Alpha Bravo)
Gears w/Stakeout(Hasbro Colors)(repaint/tool of IDW Swerve)
Studio Series Hot Rod in ACTUAL MOVIE COLORS!(yeah, I know he’s not above, but it’s my dream)

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:So I liked a lot of Scotty’s ideas for his Legacy Wave. I thought I’d give it a go.

Titan:
Rocket Base w/Galaxy Shuttle

YES

Great episode! It made a two-hour drive feel like nothing.

I totally agree about the G1-ification of Animated designs. It's just pointless, and would often strip them of anything that makes them part of the Animated universe anyway. I do think that "G1-ification" is an appropriate term though, even used by the design team, because that's... basically just what it is, and everyone knows it. Might as well be honest about it. But that's just me.

Honestly, one of my biggest takeaways from SDCC was that they're going to try to find a "better balance" for the G1-ification. It felt to me like a nice way of saying that they hear the feedback, but accurate updates to those characters aren't being considered, and we shouldn't expect them.

ScottyP, your choice of Sky Gary and his bomb-dropping gimmick made me think of how perfect a deluxe Fulcrum would be in your wave.